"They call me Mr Rock cos' rockin' is all I do!"

This compilation album was specially created to consist of rare archive material by Dave Taylor, some of which is here made available on CD for the first time. The tracks featured include Can't Stand Those People and Mind Your Own Business, both written in the early 1980s as a retort by Dave against the immigration and law-enforcement authorities in Finland for giving him a hard time with work permits and visas, and ultimately deporting him in 1983.

Won't You is regarded by many as the most 'commercial' recording ever made by Dave. The backing musicians here were 'on loan' from Joe Jackson and Elton John's bands. There's Boogie Woogie, as featured on the popular TV show VIP-Vision in 1993, and Blast Off!, which became, and still is, the signature tune for the legendary Radio Caroline. Don't Say Goodbye at the Station was one of the first songs ever composed by Dave back in 1972, but it was not until the 1990s that the song was ever recorded.

The outstanding guitar solo is by Judd Proctor, of Ray Ellington fame. The last three recordings mentioned also feature the impeccable tenor sax of Nick Pentelow, who was a member of Roy Wood's Wizard in the 1970s. Millennium Rock presents Dave's contribution to the 21st century. It was written by Dave for his special Millennium CD release for a London PR company, MAGIC. Bonus track 1, the recording of Rock Me, is an alternate version to the one released, recorded in a different studio and with a different band.

As bonus track 2 on this CD is included The Girl in Beaver Jeans, which was adapted from Rock Me to use as a promotional theme song by the top Scandinavian designer jeans manufacturer in the 1980s, Beavers Jeans. The song was released on a flexi-disc of which 100,000 complimentary copies were distributed to customers on purchase of Beavers products. This compilation features over one hour of explosive Big Band, Boogie 'n' Jive!

Stella Silver, September 2004

 Big Band Boogie & Jive

Rockin Dave - Mister Boogie Woogie -Midnight Rock